I'm glad you're doing better. I'm at the bottom of the roller coaster right now :-( I seriously wish I hadn't gone into this crazy Ph.D. thing. It's brought more sadness than joy, by far. Josh keeps saying it'll be worth it in the end, but right now I want to give it up and work at Subway instead.
I agree with Josh - it will all be worth it in the end.
I was thinking about the idea of pain in life this morning. When you're a kid you get a shot and at that moment that shot is the only thing in your life. You are so scared of it and the pain and then the doctor gives you the shot and it's over. You keep going with your life. Everything in life passes.
You're almost done, so stick with it. You can always work at Subway later and when you are you can say to yourself "Well, at least I'm not done with my PhD!"
But I know you're right. It just feels impossible, like it'll be so embarrassing in the end (my committee thinking what the hell I'm doing there defending that kind of work).
I know it'll pass, but it's so hard to get there. I never take the easy way out of anything, but this time I'd love to and I can't.
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Weather today is freaking beautiful!
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I was thinking about the idea of pain in life this morning. When you're a kid you get a shot and at that moment that shot is the only thing in your life. You are so scared of it and the pain and then the doctor gives you the shot and it's over. You keep going with your life. Everything in life passes.
You're almost done, so stick with it. You can always work at Subway later and when you are you can say to yourself "Well, at least I'm not done with my PhD!"
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But I know you're right. It just feels impossible, like it'll be so embarrassing in the end (my committee thinking what the hell I'm doing there defending that kind of work).
I know it'll pass, but it's so hard to get there. I never take the easy way out of anything, but this time I'd love to and I can't.
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